FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS Y EDUCACIÓN
DEPARTAMENTO DE LENGUAS MODERNAS
PROGRAMA DE LENGUA CASTELLANA E INGLÉS
Students: Adriana Guerra, Carlos Andrés Hostia, Brian Ospino Date: June 19th, 2020 Grade: o2 Teacher: Maria Angélica Acosta
Do a comparative chart of the following terms: Curriculum, Course, and Syllabus
Curriculum
 Curriculum is the overall content,
taught in an educational system or a
course.
 The curriculum is a consideration
of the objectives, the content,
methods chosen to achieve those
objectives.
 A detailed note of the subjects
taught within a degree.
 All the teachers have the same
curriculum for the institute.
 Helps institutes to maintain
standards.
 Curriculum is a Latin term.
 Complete course
 Prescriptive
 Wide
 Government or the administration
of school, college or institute.
 Till the course lasts.
 Same for all teachers.
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Course
 Courses are part of a curriculum.
 A course is the series of courses that
students take in an academic program.
 A course is a series of classes designed
to help a student reach the level of
formal education that they are pursuing.
 Course is a path, sequence,
development or evolution
 A set of classes or a plan of study on a
particular subject, usually leading to an
exam or qualification.
 A course is a set of lectures that can
consist of any type of content (e.g.
video, documents, presentations etc)
 A set of structured activities.
 A course description includes a course
prefix, course number, course title,
lecture and lab contact hours, semester
credit hours, description of the class and
prerequisites
 A course description is usually written
in paragraph form with complete
sentences.
Syllabus
 Syllabus is the document that contains all
the portion of the concepts covered in a
subject.
 The syllabus is the content, the list of
topics/concepts to be taught
 A description of the topics taught within a
module.
 Each teacher may have different syllabus
for one course.
 Helps students to cover the topics.
 Syllabus is a Greek term.
 Each Subject Under the Course
 Descriptive
 Narrow
 Exam board
 For a fixed term, normally a year.
 Varies from teacher to teacher.